The Penn's Grove record., 1887-04-23
PENIS GROVE, N. j. SATURDAY. APRIL %. 1897

eral rules or orders as may be requisite
for the order and regulation Of proceed
ings before it, including forms of notices
and the service thereof, which shall con-
form, as nearly as may be to those in use
i'll the courts of the United States. ANY
party may appear before said Commits
sion and be heard, in person or by attor-
ney. Every vote and official act of the
Commission shall be entered of record.
and its proceedings shall be public upon
the request of either party Interested.
Said Commission shall have an Off
cial seal, which shall be judicially no
ticed. Either of the members Of the
Commission may administer oaths and
aifirnations.
See. Is. That each Commissioner shall
receive an annual salary Of seven thous.
and five hundred dollars, payable in the
same manner as the salaries of Judges Of
the courts of the United States. The
Commission shall appoint a Secretary.
who shall receive an annual salary OF
three thousand five hundred dollars,
payable in like manner. The Commits,
sion shall have authority to employ and
fix the compensation of such other
employees as it may find necessary to the
proper performance of its duties, sub
ject to the approval of the Secretary Of
the Interior.
The Commission shall be furnished by
the Secretary of the Interior with suita-
bic offices and all necessary office sup
plies. Witnesses summoned before the
Commission shall be paid the same fees
and mileage that are paid witnesses in
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the expenses of the Commission, includ-
ing all necessary expenses for Transport
tation incurred by the Commissioners.
or by their employees under their orders,
i'll making any investigation in any
other places than in the city of Wash
ington, shall be allowed and paid, on
the presentation of itemiZed vouchers
therefor approved by the Chairman of
the Commission and the Secretary of the
Interior.
Sec. 10. That the principal office of
the Commission shall be in the -ity of
Washington, where its general sessions
Shall be held: but, whenever the conve-
nience of the public or of the parties
may be promoted, or delay or expense
prevented thereby, the Commission may
hold special sessions i'll any part of the
United States. 1t may, by one or more
of the Commissioners, prosecute any i'll
quiry necessary to its duties, in any part
of the United States, into any matter or
question of fact pertaining to the bust
hess OF any common carrier subject TO
the provisions of this act.
Sec. 20. That the Commission is
hereby authorized to require annual re-
ports from allcsmmOn carriers subject to
the provisions of this act, to fix the time
and prescribe the manner in which such
reports shall b made, and to require from
such carriers specific answers to all ques-
tons upon which the Commission may
need information. Such annual reports
shall show in detail the amount of capt.
tai stock issued, the amounts paid there
for. and the manue of payment for the
same; the dividends paid, the surplus
fund, if any, and the number of stock
holders; the funded and floating debts,
and the interest paid thereon; the cost
and value of the carriers property, fran
chiseS, and equipment; the number of
employees and the salaries paid each
class; the amounts expended for I'M
proyements each year, how expended,
thiu viz blidAhNltI VI OuCll Improvement
the earnings and receipts from each
branch of business and from all sources;
the operating and other expenses; the
balances of profit and loss; and a com
plete exhibit of the financial operations
of the carrier each year, including an
annual balance-Sheet. Such reports
shall also contain such information in
relation to rates or regulations concern
ing fares or freiGhtS, OF agreements, ar
rangements, or contracts with other
common carriers, as the Commission
may require; and the said Commission
may, within its discretion, for the pur
pose of enabling it the better to carry
out the purposes of this act, prescribe
III in the opinion of the Commission it is
practicable to prescribe such uniformity
and methods of keeping %accountS) a PEE
Rod OF time within which all common
carriers subject to the provisions of this
act shall have, as near as may be. a uni
form system of accounts, and the man
ner in which such accounts shall be
kept.
Sec. 81. That the Commission shall, Oh
o rbefore the first day of December ineach
year, make a report to the Secretary Of
the Interior, which shall be by him
transmitted to Congress, and copies of
which shall be distributed as are the
other reports issued from the Interior
Department. This report shall contain
such information and data collected by
the Commission as may be considered Of
value i'll the determination of questions
connected with the regulation of COM
merce together with such recommended
tons as to additional legislation relating
thereto as the Commission may deem
necessary.
Sec. -. That nothing in this act
shall apply to the carriage, storage, or
handling of property free or at reduced
rates for the United States, State,
or municipal governments, OF for
charitable purposes, or to or from
fairs and expositions for exhibition
thereat, or the issuance of mileage, ex-
cursion, or communication passenger tick
cts; nothing in this act shall be con
strued to prohibit any common carrier
from giving reduced rates to ministers of
religion; nothing in this act shall be
construed to prevent railroads from
giving free carriage to their own
officers and employees, or to prevent the
principal officers of any railroad company
or companies from exchanging passes or
tickets with other railroad companies
for their officers and employees; and no
thing in this act contained shall in any
way abridge or alter the remedies now
existing at common law OF by statute,
but the provisions Of this act are in adj
ditlOn to such remedies: Provided,
That no pending litigation shall in any
way be affected by this act.
Sec. %. That the sum of one hun
dred thousand dollars is hereby appro-
priated for the use and purposes of this
act for the fiscal year ending June thir-
tieth, Ammo Domini eighteen hundred
and lightweight, and the intervening
time anterior thereto.
See. "a. That the provisions of sec
tons eleven and eighteen of this act, re-
to the appointment and organiza-
ton of the Commission herein provided
for, shall take effect Immediately, and
the remaining provisions of this act